1959 in science fiction explained

The year 1959 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

Deaths

Literary releases

First editions

Juveniles

Movies

See main article: List of science fiction films of the 1950s.

TitleDirectorCastCountrySubgenre/Notes
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy RockSidney MillerLou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale GordonUnited StatesComedy
4D ManIrvin Shortess Yeaworth Jr.Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James CongdonUnited StatesAction Horror Romance Thriller
The Angry Red PlanetIb MelchiorGerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Nora HaydenUnited StatesAdventure Horror
The Atomic SubmarineSpencer Gordon BennetArthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett HalseyUnited StatesThriller
Attack of the Giant LeechesBernard KowalskiJan Shepard, Gene Roth, Yvette VickersUnited StatesHorror
Battle Beyond the Sun Mikhail KozyryAleksandr Shvorin, Ivan PereverzhevSoviet UnionAdventure
Battle in Outer Space (a.k.a Uchû sai sensô)Ishirō HondaRyō Ikebe, Koreya SendaJapanAction
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (a.k.a Caltiki, il mostro immortale)Riccardo Freda, Mario BavaJohn Merivale,Didi Perego,Gérard Herter,Giacomo Rossi-StuartItalyHorror
The Cosmic ManHerbert GreeneBruce Bennett, John Carradine, Angela GreeneUnited StatesAdventure Thriller [2]
First Man into SpaceRobert DayMarshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill EdwardsUnited KingdomDrama Horror [3]
The Giant Gila MonsterRay KelloggDon Sullivan, Lisa Simone, Fred GrahamUnited StatesHorror Thriller
Have Rocket, Will TravelDavid Lowell RichJerome Cowan, Anna-Lisa, Curly Joe DeRitaUnited StatesComedy Family
The Head (a.k.a Die Nackte und der Satan)Victor TrivasMichel Simon, Horst Frank, Christiane MaybachWest GermanyHorror [4] [5]
The Incredible Petrified WorldJerry WarrenJohn Carradine, Phyllis Coates, Robert ClarkeUnited StatesAction Adventure Thriller
Invisible InvadersEdward L. CahnJohn Agar, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton, John CarradineUnited StatesHorror
Journey to the Center of the EarthHenry LevinPat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane BakerUnited StatesAdventure Family Fantasy Romance
The Killer ShrewsRay KelloggJames Best, Ken Curtis, Ingrid GoudeUnited StatesHorror
The MansterGeorge Breakston, Kenneth G. CranePeter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Satoshi Nakamura, Terri ZimmernJapan
United States
Horror (released in U.S. in 1962)[6] [7] [8]
The Man Who Could Cheat DeathTerence FisherAnton Diffring, Christopher LeeUnited KingdomDrama Horror [9]
The Monster of Piedras BlancasIrvin BerwickLes Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John HarmonUnited StatesHorror
Nebo Zovyot (a.k.a Battle Beyond the Sun)Mikhail Karyukov, Aleksandr KozyrIvan PereverzevSoviet UnionAdventure
On the BeachStanley KramerGregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred AstaireUnited StatesDrama Romance
Plan 9 from Outer SpaceEdward D. Wood Jr.Bela Lugosi, Mona McKinnon, Gregory Walcott, VampiraUnited StatesHorror
Return of the FlyEdward BerndsVincent Price, Brett Halsey, John SuttonUnited StatesDrama Fantasy Horror
Invasion of the Animal People (a.k.a Terror in the Midnight Sun)Virgil W. VogelBengt Blomgren, John CarradineUnited States
Sweden
Horror
Teenagers from Outer SpaceTom GraeffDavid Love, Dawn Anderson, Harvey B. DunnUnited StatesHorror Thriller
The TinglerWilliam CastleVincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl HickmanUnited StatesHorror [10]
The Giant Behemoth (a.k.a. Behemoth, the Sea Monster or The Behemoth)Eugène Lourié, Douglas HickoxGene Evans, André MorellUnited StatesHorror
The Ugly DucklingLance ComfortBernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee, Reginald BeckwithUnited KingdomComedy
The Wasp WomanRoger CormanSusan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Michael Mark, Bruno Ve SotaUnited StatesHorror
The World, the Flesh and the DevilRanald MacDougallHarry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel FerrerUnited StatesDrama Romance

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. First published in Dynamic Science Fiction in August 1953.
  2. Book: Horwath, Alexander . Elsaesser, Thomas . King, Noel . The last great American picture show: new Hollywood cinema in the 1970s . limited . Amsterdam University Press . 2004 . 90-5356-631-7 . 168 - 169.
  3. Book: Pomerance, Murray . 2004 . Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen . SUNY Press . 50 - 51 . 0-7914-5940-3 .
  4. Book: Frayling, Christopher . 2005 . Mad, bad and dangerous?: the scientist and the cinema . Reaktion Books . 1-86189-255-1 . 27 .
  5. News: The Head . Eleanor . Mannikka . https://web.archive.org/web/20081019185400/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/21795/The-Head/overview . dead . 2008-10-19 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2008 . 2009-04-07 .
  6. Book: Hogan, David J. . 1997 . Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film . McFarland . 0-7864-0474-4 . 13.
  7. Web site: Hal . Erickson . The Manster . AllMovie . 2009-06-25 .
  8. Web site: 双頭の殺人鬼 : 作品情報 .
  9. Remake of The Man in Half Moon Street.
  10. Web site: The Tingler (1959) - William Castle | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
  11. Web site: 1959 Hugo Awards . 26 July 2007 . World Science Fiction Society . 2010-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110507072907/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1959-hugo-awards/ . 2011-05-07 . live .